Offshore Islet Project

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Mokupipi

Aerial view
Photo: H. Eijzenga

0.9 acre islet located just offshore Nahiku.
The islet is State owned and all native flora and fauna on the islet is protected under State and/or federal law.

Field Accounts: 26 Oct 2007

Species checklists:

ARTHROPOD
Order: ARANEAE
Family: Araneidae
	Gasteracantha mammosa nananana (Asian spiny-backed spider) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	26-Oct-07	Partial survey	Present	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Family: Oxypodidae
	Oxyopes sp. [of Kumashiro, 1990] nananana (Lynx spider) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	26-Oct-07	Partial survey	Present	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Order: COLEOPTERA
Family: Cerambycidae
	Sybra alternans none (Long-horned beetle) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	26-Oct-07	Partial survey	Present	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Family: Coccinellidae
	Diomus notescens none (Minute Two-spotted Ladybird ) Fed:none State:none			Introduced
	5-Apr-05	Opportunistic survey	Present	F. Starr, K. Starr, & K. Wood
	Rodolia cardinalis none (Vedalia lady bird beetle) Fed:none State:none			Introduced
	5-Apr-05	Opportunistic survey	Present	Starr et al. 2006
Order: DIPTERA
Family: Ceratopogonidae
	Dasyhelea sp. none (Biting midge) Fed:none State:none			Endemic
	26-Oct-07	Partial survey	Present	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Family: Dolichopodidae
	Chrysosoma globiferum nalo (Long-legged fly) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	26-Oct-07	Partial survey	Present	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Order: HETEROPTERA
Family: Lygaeidae
	Nysius coenosulus none (Seed bug) Fed:none State:none			Endemic
	5-Apr-05	Opportunistic survey	Present	Starr et al. 2006
Order: HOMOPTERA
Family: Margarodidae
	Icerya purchasi anauku (Cottony cushion scale) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	5-Apr-05	Opportunistic survey	Present	Starr et al. 2006
Family: Tropiduchidae
	Kallitaxila granulata none (Grainy planthopper) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	26-Oct-07	Partial survey	Present	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Order: HYMENOPTERA
Family: Formicidae
	Monomorium sp. naonao Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	5-Apr-05	Opportunistic survey	Present	Starr et al. 2006
	Paratrechina longicornis naonao (Crazy ant) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	5-Apr-05	Opportunistic survey	Present	Starr et al. 2006
	26-Oct-07	Partial survey	Present	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Order: LEPIDOPTERA
Family: Lycaenidae
	Lampides sp. none Fed:none State:none			Unknown
	5-Apr-05	Opportunistic survey	Present	Starr et al. 2006
Family: Olethreutidae
	Crocidosema sp. none Fed:none State:none			Endemic
	5-Apr-05	Opportunistic survey	Present	Starr et al. 2006
Order: ORTHOPTERA
Family: Tettigoniidae
	Conocephalus saltator uhini (Longhorned grasshopper) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	26-Oct-07	Partial survey	Present	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
PLANT
Family: Aizoaceae
	Sesuvium portulacastrum Akulikuli Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	5-Apr-05	Complete survey	Common	Starr et al 2006
	26-Oct-07	Complete survey	Common	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Family: Cyperaceae
	Cyperus polystachyos (Cyperus) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	5-Apr-05	Complete survey	Rare	Starr et al 2006
	26-Oct-07	Complete survey	Rare	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
	Fimbristylis cymosa (Button sedge) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	5-Apr-05	Complete survey	Common	Starr et al 2006
	26-Oct-07	Complete survey	Common	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Family: Goodeniaceae
	Scaevola sericea Naupaka kahakai Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	5-Apr-05	Complete survey	Common	Starr et al 2006
	26-Oct-07	Complete survey	Common	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Family: Moraceae
	Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	5-Apr-05	Complete survey	Rare	Starr et al 2006
	26-Oct-07	Complete survey	Rare	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Family: Poaceae
	Digitaria ciliaris (Henry's crabgrass) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	5-Apr-05	Complete survey	Occasional	Starr et al 2006
	26-Oct-07	Complete survey	Occasional	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
	Eleusine indica (Wiregrass) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	5-Apr-05	Complete survey	Occasional	Starr et al 2006
	Ischaemum byrone (Ischaemum) Fed:E State:E			Endemic
	5-Apr-05	Complete survey	Rare	Starr et al 2006
Family: Portulacaceae
	Portulaca oleracea (Pigweed) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	5-Apr-05	Complete survey	Occasional	Starr et al 2006
	26-Oct-07	Complete survey	Occasional	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Family: Scrophulariaceae
	Bacopa monnieri Aeae Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	5-Apr-05	Complete survey	Rare	Starr et al 2006
	26-Oct-07	Complete survey	Rare	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Family: Solanaceae
	Lycium sandwicense Ohelo kai (Hawai'i desert-thorn) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	5-Apr-05	Complete survey	Occasional	Starr et al 2006
	26-Oct-07	Complete survey	Rare	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
SEABIRD
Family: Procellaridae
	Bulweria bulweri ou (Bulwer's Petrel) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	26-Oct-07	Complete survey	2 owl-killed fledglings	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
	Puffinus pacificus chlororhynchus uaukane (Wedge-tailed Shearwater) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	5-Apr-05	Opportunistic survey	about a dozen pairs	Starr et al. 2006
	4-Apr-06	Opportunistic survey	dozen burrows	Starr et al. 2006
	26-Oct-07	Complete survey	10 chicks	Eijzenga & Preston 2008

Literature Citations:

Anonymous. Maui county's offshore islets general information. Maui County. 2 p.

Hawaii, S.o. 1969. Geographic names approved, second quarter 1969, p. 8. In: Development, D.o.P.E. (ed.), State of Hawaii8.

Starr, F., Starr, K. & Wood, K. 2006. Maui offshore islet botanical survey. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 124 p.

Starr, K., Starr, F. & Loope, L.L. 2005. Early detection and rapid response restoration of Hawaii's offshore islets, p. 1. In: Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit: Dept. of Botany: University of Hawaii, Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit: Pacific Aquaculture & Coastal Resources Center: University of Hawaii, U.S. Geological Survey: Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Honolulu. 1.

Walker, R. 1978. Named islands, islets, rocks, sandspits in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Department of Land and Natural Resources: Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 16 p.

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